The Artwork of John Onye Lockard

FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF WASHTENAW COUNTY JOHN ONYE LOCKARD

January – March 2023

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John Onye Lockard’s career spanned more than a half-century of painting, teaching, mentoring and exhibiting. He was a powerful and inspiring artist, muralist, master painter, educator, historian and story teller. His works may be found in many collections all around the world. Some of Lockard’s murals and portraits are at Wayne State University, University of Michigan, Central State University and the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Lockard was professor emeritus at Washtenaw Community College where he taught life drawing and portraiture for over 40 years. He was also a lecturer and founding faculty member of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies at the UM. At the time of his death, he was completing a series of books for students, emerging artists and art appreciators encompassing more than 50 years of insights in the arts.